Top-jointer for band-saws.



0. J. BREY.

TOP JOINTER FOR BAND SAWS. APPLICATION 'I'ILED 001. 16,1908.

PatentedAug. 31, 1909.

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CHARLES J'. BREY, 0F IlOUISYILLE, KENTUCKY.

TOP-JOINTERTOR BAND-SAWS.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

Application filed October 16, 1908. Serial No. 458,092.

To all whom it may concern;

Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, haveinvented a new and useful Top-Jointer for Band-Saws, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to top jointers for band saws, and the object of my improvement is, to provide a top jointer which is simple in construction and efficient in operation. In sharpening asaw with a file or with an emery wheel, as is done with most of the automatic grinders, there is left on the top of the saw tooth a bur or wire-edge. To get rid of this bur or wire-edge and put a keen cutting edge on the saw teeth and to joint "or get the tops of the saw teeth in perfect alinement, its is customary to go over them with an oilstone. This requires an expert hand, in as much as the edges of the teeth must be straight and the corners square and sharp. An inexperienced or careless hand will round off the corners of the teeth, and a band saw tooth, if even slightly roundcd, will follow the patch ofleast resistance, cutting toward the sharp corner of the tooth, and make What is called snaky lumber. An oilstone held in a clamp and free to move only in the direction of the length of the saw will soon become Worn and grooved in such a Way as to round the corners of the saw teeth, which will necessitate frequent truing up of the oilstone.

My improvement obviates the difliculties.

can be easily and quickly applied and removed, and providing that with it an inexperienced man may do good work." These objects and advantages I attain by means of the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which t Figure 1 is a side elevation, and, Fig. 2 is an end elevation.

Similar reference numerals refer to simi lar parts throughout the views.

A longitudinal handle-bar, 1, provided with transverse substantially O, shaped end members, 2 and 3, and hangers, 4E, depending from end members 2 and 3, constitute the frame'of my. device. The hangers 4 are pro- Be 1t known that I, CHARLES J. BREY, a' citizen of the United States, residing ati vided with journal bearings, 5, in which are journaled vertical shafts, 6. On the upper ends of the shafts-6 are mounted bevel pinions, 7. Just beloweach of the journal bear- 1n place,

Depending arms, 10, are-pivotallymounted in the ends'of limbs, 11, of each of the end'members 2 and 3. Springs, 12, are fastened on the upper side of the limbs 11 the freeends of which bear upon the tops of ings 5 are secured friction driving-wheels, 8,

arms 10 and hold them in verticalposition.

A' longitudinal connecting-bar, 13, adapted to bear against the saw, is secured in a slot near the lower end of each arm 10, by means of set screws, 14. The lengthof the arms 10 issuch that the bar 13 bears against the saw on the opposite side from, but midway between, the upper and lower friction wheels 8. 7 Transverse shafts, 15, are journaled in the Oshaped end members 2 and 3, and are held in place by pins, 16, or similar means. Bevel gears, 17, are secured on the shafts 15, in position to engage bevel pinions 7, on the ends of shaft 6. A multiple return groove,

holder 19 by set-screws, 21, that extend through lugs, 22 and 23, and engage the oilstone. The lugs22 and 23 project beyond the ends of the holder and are provided with perforations through which the shafts 15 pass. A pin, 24, extends through each of the lugs 22 and engages the return groove 18.

The operation of my device may now be understood. By moving bar 13 and arms 10 outward against the pressure of the springs 12, the jointer may be placed in position over the saw. The bar 13 is then released, when the pressure of springs 12, exerted through arms 10 and bar 13, on the saw will draw .the friction wheels 8 firmly against the saw, on the opposite side from the bar 13. The device is then lowered until the oilstone rests on theteeth. The device is then pushed forward on the saw, the oilstone resaw, rotate the shaft Band, through the bevel gears? and 17, rotatethe transverse shaft 15, and, by means of the pins 24} engaging back and forth transverselyvrrelativeitothe the groves 18, cause theholder 19 to move plane of the saw, carrying with it the oilstoneand lthIilS constantly presenting ,a fresh surface to the saw teeth and distributing the Wear evenly over the's'urface'ofthe oilstone. i

' Having *thus described *my invention, so that anyone skilled in the art pertaining 'thenetounay make and use it, I claim' -1. A top 'jointer for band saws, comprisinga frame, an oils'tone, means for holding -sa1d frame in operative positlon on 'a band saw, and means for automatically recipro- V said oilstone'laterally, relative to the saw when sa'id-oils'tone is moved alon'gthe saw; v I

top jomterfor band saws-comprismg a-frame,a'holder 11101111t8d'l11 said frame,

7 an oilstone -mounted in said holder, and

'means for automatically reciprocating said holder latera'llyrrelat'ive to the saw when said *frame is moved along the saw.

7 j Atop jointer for'band saws, comprisa frame, transverse shafts journaled in frame, a holder mounted on said shafts,

an oilstone-secured in said holderyand means for reclprocatlng sa d'holder on sald shafts.

4. Atop o1nter' for band saws, 'COIIIPIIS- comprising "a frame,

ing frame, transverse shafts journaled in said frame, multiple return grooves on said shafts, a holder mounted on said shafts,

means engaging said holder with said multiple return grooves, and means for rotating comprising the combination of a frame, a

laterally movable oilstone-holder mounted in said frame, a vertical shaft journaled in said frame, friction wheels on said vertical shaft, means for holding said friction wheels in contact with a saW,and means operated bv saidvertical shaft 'toreciprocate said holder laterally. i

7. A top jointer for band saws, comprising a frame,-an oilstone holder mounted in said frame,a vertical shaft, friction wheels on said shaft, and means operated by said verticalshaft for reciprocating said oilstone holder laterally.

CHARLES J. BREY. Witnesses WM. J. SAUER, W. 13. "MUNNELL. 

